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Newly installed supermodules will give the ALICE detectors more coverage of collision events
Regional semifinals for this international science-communication competition for young researchers will take place on 4 Feburary
CERN's director of accelerators and technology explains the reasoning behind running at 0.5 Tev higher than in 2011
The experiments' desiderata for the year included either discovery or exclusion of the Higgs boson
The first day of the LHC performance workshop was devoted to a critical review of 2011, with suggestions for improvements to the beams and hardware
The final day of the workshop saw examination of the challenges of the High-Luminosity LHC an a look at the state of R&D for the new magnets required
Find out the schedule for LHC beams and the physics the LHC experiments will be investigating this year
Eletronic and GPV Group are among the Danish firms to present technology at CERN
On 15 December 2011 members of management welcomed recently-recruited staff members and fellows
A seminar on a proposed design for a neutrino beam facility will take place on 19 January 2012 in the IT Auditorium